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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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