Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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