In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

