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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

