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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

