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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

