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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown