The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
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...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

