On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

