As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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