Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Twin Cities Area
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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