Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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