The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston
