As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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
Old Brewery In Preston