The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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