Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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