Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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