The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

