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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

