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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston