The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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