Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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