Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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