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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston
