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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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