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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion 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...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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