Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

