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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul