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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

