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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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