Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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