At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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