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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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 Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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