Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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