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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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