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
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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