The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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