The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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