The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

