The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

