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