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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

