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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
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
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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