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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
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
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

