Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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