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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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