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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston