As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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