The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

