James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Twin Cities Area
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

