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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
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...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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