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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

