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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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