In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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