The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

