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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

