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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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