Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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