Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor 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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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