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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

