As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

