In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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