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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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