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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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