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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

