This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Twin Cities Area
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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