The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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