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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
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...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor 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