Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi 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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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