Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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