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...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

