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