Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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