Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston