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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

