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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

