When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

