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...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

