Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
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...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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