Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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