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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

