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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

