In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
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