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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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