Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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