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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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