Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Twin Cities Area
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

