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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

