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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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