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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

