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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

