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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

