Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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