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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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