The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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