Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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