At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

