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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

