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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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