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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
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 The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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