The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Twin Cities Area
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint 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...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

