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