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...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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