The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown