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