Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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