In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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