Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston