The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Twin Cities Area
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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