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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

