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...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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