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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St 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...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

