Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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