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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

