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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
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...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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