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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

