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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. Thatโs sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

