In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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