Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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