The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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