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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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