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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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