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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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