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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

