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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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