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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston