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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

