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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

