The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
