Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the stateโs empire builders, St. Paulโs elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesotaโs smallest town. The 2010 census...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

