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