The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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