In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
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