University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Twin Cities Area
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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