Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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