Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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