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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

