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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
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...
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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