Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Twin Cities Area
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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