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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown