Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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