Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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