Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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