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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

