Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
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...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

