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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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