The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Twin Cities Area
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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