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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

