The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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