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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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