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 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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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