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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

