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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

