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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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