Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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