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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House 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...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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 Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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