Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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