Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston