Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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