In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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