Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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