Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Twin Cities Area
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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