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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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