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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

