Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
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
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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