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...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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