Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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