The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown