Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
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...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

