Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital 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...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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