For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Twin Cities Area
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

