Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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