Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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