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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

