Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey 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...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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