As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Twin Cities Area
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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