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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

