The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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