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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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