Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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