The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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