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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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