The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

