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...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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