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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
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...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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