Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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