The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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