Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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 Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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