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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

