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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown