Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt 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...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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