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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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