The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Twin Cities Area
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston