The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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