Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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