The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Twin Cities Area
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

