The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House 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...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

