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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
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
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

