Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
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...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

