The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

