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