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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

