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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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