Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Twin Cities Area
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Millerโs Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
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...

