In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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