University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Twin Cities Area
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston