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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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