In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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