Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Twin Cities Area
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston