For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Twin Cities Area
The Eight Days in May Protests
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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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