The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Twin Cities Area
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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