Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

