The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...

