In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

