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