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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
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...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

