Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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