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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...

