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