Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown