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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
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...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

