Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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