The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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