University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Twin Cities Area
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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