In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

