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