On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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