The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City