In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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?
Roadtrips
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
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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