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