Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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