Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

