In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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