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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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