The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Twin Cities Area
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

