The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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