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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown