Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

