The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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