In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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