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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

