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