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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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 Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

