Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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