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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

