Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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