The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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