At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston