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...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

