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...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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