When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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