The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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