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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

