The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Twin Cities Area
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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