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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

