Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Twin Cities Area
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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