Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Twin Cities Area
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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