Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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