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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

