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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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