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

