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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

