Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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