At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Twin Cities Area
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

