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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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