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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

