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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

