Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

