Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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