Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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