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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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