Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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