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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

