Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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