The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Twin Cities Area
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

