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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

