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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

