The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

