Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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