Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
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...
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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