The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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