Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown