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