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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

