Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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