St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Twin Cities Area
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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