In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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