As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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