Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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