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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

