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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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