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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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