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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown