Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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