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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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