Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

