Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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