Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Twin Cities Area
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston