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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

