Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Twin Cities Area
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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