The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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