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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

