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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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