Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Twin Cities Area
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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