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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

