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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

