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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

