Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Twin Cities Area
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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