In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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