In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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