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