Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Twin Cities Area
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

