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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

