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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

