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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston