Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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