Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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