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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

