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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
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...
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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