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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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