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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
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...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

