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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

