Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Twin Cities Area
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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