Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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