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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

