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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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