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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

