In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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