The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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