As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

