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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In 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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul