Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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