Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Twin Cities Area
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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