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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

