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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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