Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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