The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
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...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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