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