The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

