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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

