In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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