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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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