St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Twin Cities Area
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

