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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

