On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank 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...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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