Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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