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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

