University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Twin Cities Area
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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