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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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