Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Twin Cities Area
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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