At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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