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