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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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