Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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