Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
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