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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown