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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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