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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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