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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

