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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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