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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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