When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Twin Cities Area
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

