When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown