Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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