As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
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...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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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