The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Twin Cities Area
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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