The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back 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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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