Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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