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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

