Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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