The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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