Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
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 Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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