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...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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