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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

