The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

