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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasnโt set up to show talkies. As the...
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...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

