Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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