In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

