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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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