Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
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...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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