Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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