The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

