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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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