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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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