The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Twin Cities Area
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Exploring Ottawa
Donโt you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

