The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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