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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

