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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
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