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