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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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