The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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