In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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