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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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