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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolisโ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
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...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

