As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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