At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

