Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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