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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

