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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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