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...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor 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