Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
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