The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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