The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Twin Cities Area
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
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...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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