Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
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...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

