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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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