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