The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Twin Cities Area
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

