Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
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...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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