The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

