The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Twin Cities Area
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

