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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

