Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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