The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone โskyscraperโ in St Paul. The eight...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

