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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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