The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Twin Cities Area
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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