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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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