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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

