Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

