As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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