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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

