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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

