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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

