Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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