Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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