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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

