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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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