Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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