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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

