Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Twin Cities Area
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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