Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown