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 Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St 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...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

