This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Twin Cities Area
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
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
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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