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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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