The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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