The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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