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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City