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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

