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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

