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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

