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