The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown