Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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