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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

