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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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