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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

