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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

