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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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