The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Twin Cities Area
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery 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...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

