The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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