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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown