The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Twin Cities Area
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown