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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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