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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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