Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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