At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
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...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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