When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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