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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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