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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

