Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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