As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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