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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

