At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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