At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

