Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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