If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Twin Cities Area
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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