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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

