Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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 first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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