The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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