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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

