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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

