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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

