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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
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