Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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