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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston