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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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