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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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