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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

