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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

