One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Twin Cities Area
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

