The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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