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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
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...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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