Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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