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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
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...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

