As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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