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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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