As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown