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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Laura Baker?
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...

