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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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