The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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