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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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