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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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