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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

