The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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