Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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