Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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