When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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