Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Twin Cities Area
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

