The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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