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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

