Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Twin Cities Area
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...

