Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Twin Cities Area
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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