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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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