Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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