As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

