Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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