In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Twin Cities Area
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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