Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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