Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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