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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
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...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

