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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
