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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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