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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown